Vocabulary Activities

Vocabulary Activities

These vocabulary activities have students learn vocabulary before, during, and/or after a story. They include acrostic poems, making inferences based on prior background knowledge,and vocabulary games (bingo and matching) .

The Acrostic Poem

S ubject and Predicate
I ncomplete without one or the other
M any different sentences can be made
P redicate and Subject
L ong sentences need more
E asy to make
This is an online website to help make acrostic poems for vocabulary activities. acrostic

Graphic Organizers for Vocabulary

This graphic organizer students will write unclear vocabulary words in one row, in row two students will make inferences about the unclear vocabulary word, and then in row 3 write what helped them make that inference. At the end of the story, we will will see if they are correct.

The Games

Students can enjoy playing bingo and memory while learning sentence complexity and types. The bingo game specially created online at http://print-bingo.com to fit the needs of unit "Reconstruction under Construction." The memory game was specially created in Microsoft word to fit the needs of my unit "Reconstruction under Construction."

The Vocabulary Words: Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Functional Fragment, Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence, Complex Sentence, and Complex-Compound Sentence

Declarative	The Civil War destroyed the South’s economy, resources, and morale.
Imperative	Never allow the nation to divide.
Exclamatory	Shoot, I am extremely disappointed African Americans were legally not allowed to vote!
Interrogative	Do you think the reconstruction plan was too harsh?
Simple	Lincoln died.
Complex	Despite all races being allowed to vote, women still were denied.
Compound	Slaves were freed, but still didn’t have the same freedoms as their former masters.
Complex- Compound	During reconstruction, the South suffered, but the North prospered.
Functional Fragment	No.